Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Open Spaces Department Business Plan 2018/19. The report provided key examples of some of the

activities the Department undertook last year to achieve Department’s three top line objectives: ‘Open Spaces and Historic Sites are Thriving and Accessible’, ‘Spaces Enrich People’s Lives’ and ‘Business Practices are Responsible and Sustainable’.

Replying to a Members query it was confirmed that engagement with the staff survey in the Open Spaces departments had been comparatively higher than other departments in the City of London Corporation.

A Member commended the department for only having a £13,000 overspend and requested further information on the measures the department used to assess success against the aims in the Open Spaces Department Business Plan 2018/19. The Director of Open Spaces confirmed that Officers were still waiting for the appropriated statistical information to be made available to measure against the aims in the Open Spaces Department Business Plan 2018/19. The Chairman requested that this information be circulated to all Members of the Committee once available.

Replying to a question from a Member of the Committee the Director of Open Spaces confirmed that a report on the Central Grants Programme have been considered by the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee in April.

A Member of the Committee commented that the changing rooms at Aldersbrook were in desperate need of refurbishment. Further to this a Member noted that this was an example of the exact grass roots issues that the Sports Strategy should engage with.

It was noted by a Member that the information on the City of London Corporation Website relating to Oak Processionary Moth was not user friendly and needed to be improved.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.